Day: September 10, 2014

And now, because of a staring contest between Lyft, its competitor Uber and the Public Service Commission, Lyft drivers like Ben are putting their pink mustaches in the trunk and clandestinely giving Omahans rides. Or, worse yet for Omaha, they have simply stopped driving altogether, at least until the Legislature acts to make ride-sharing services like Lyft and Uber legal.

Richard Griffin, the acting VA inspector general, told members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee that his staff believes that no manipulation occurred in about a fourth of the facilities under investigation, but “on the other three-fourths, we’re pretty confident that it was knowingly and willingly happening, and we’re pursuing those.”